St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

